Man's 'play fighting' sent 'wifey' to the hospital, police say

A man who said he was "play fighting" with his girlfriend injured her with blows real enough to send her to the hospital, officials said.

Johnny Cordero, also known as Carlos Bell, punched his girlfriend in the face and head several times and threw her around the kitchen while grabbing her by the hair at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday in their home in the 500 block of East 12th Street in Northampton, Northampton Co., officials said.

Police found the woman holding ice to the side and back of her head, and before she was taken to the hospital, she told them that she and Cordero had been arguing over his drinking, officials said.